For the second time in three years, a lifeguard shortage has prompted Indiana Dunes State Park to ban swimming beginning Saturday and until further notice.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Indiana history teacher Bob DeRuntz was in class with his students. Now, DeRuntz wants a new generation of students to understand the pain of that day.

The Chesterton Tribune began in the 1880s. It's last day of publication will be Wednesday, Dec. 30.

It was bats, not coronavirus cases, that delayed Chesterton Middle School's fall reopening for in-person classes after some of the flying mammals were discovered inside the building.

Two northwestern Indiana schools have been temporarily closed after a school district employee tested positive for Legionnaires' disease.

A state analysis of local wind patterns suggest that the lead released by the mill complex could be blowing north and west toward Chicago or south toward the Indiana community of Chesterton.

The state Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission voted Wednesday to let the ordinances from Chesterton and Porter County in northwestern Indiana take effect.

The pilot program uses scales embedded in the roadway along with cameras and laser measuring devices to weigh and gather other information about semi-trailer trucks.